W.V. Grant

Walter Vinson Grant Jr. (25 May 1945-) was an American televangelist and faith healer from Dallas, Texas. He founded the Eagle's Nest Family Church in Dallas in 1987, and he was arrested for tax evasion in 1996 and served one year in prison.

Biography
Walter Vinson Grant Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas on 25 May 1945, and he began his preaching career in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1970s. In 1983, he took over the Soul's Harbor Church in Dallas and expanded its ministry, renaming the church to "Eagles Nest Cathedral". In 1987, he founded the "Eagle's Nest Family Church", pastoring the 5,000-seat church until 1996. In 1996, he was convicted of tax evasion, but, after his release from prison in 1997, he restarted his ministry.